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Louis Armstrong

BAND RANKINGS:

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All Time

of 150,012

1,025
Decades
- 1920s
  
  of 19
  
  19
- 1930s
  
  of 20
  
  20
- 1940s
  
  of 38
  
  0
- 1950s
  
  of 170
  
  80
- 1960s
  
  of 431
  
  326
- 1970s
  
  of 328
  
  327
- 1980s
  
  of 1,418
  
  0
- 1990s
  
  of 7,254
  
  6,123
- 2000s
  
  of 10,564
  
  1,284
Genres
- Broadway & Vocalists
  
  of 240
  
  133
- Jazz
  
  of 1,947
  
  319
- Miscellaneous
  
  of 2,544
  
  1,052
- Pop
  
  of 13,665
  
  2,930
- Soundtracks
  
  of 151
  
  110

CAREER SPAN:

Decade

Album Score

# Albums

1920s

1.2345

1930s

0.0000

1940s

0.0000

1950s

2.2759

1960s

1.1684

1970s

0.0355

1980s

0.0000

1990s

0.3439

2000s

1.9872

223

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.

Overall Band Score: Louis Armstrong is ranked overall as 2.4488 out of 4 stars

2.4488

Louis Armstrong Biography

Formed:

August 1901

Disbanded:

July 1971

Genres:

Alternative Rock, Blues, Broadway & Vocalists, Children's, Christian & Gospel, Classical, Classical: Instrumental, Dance & DJ, Folk, International, Jazz, Miscellaneous, New Age, Opera & Vocal Music, Pop, R&B & Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

Labels:

32 Records, 404 Music Group, Acclaim Series, Accord Classics/jazz, All Star, Allegro Corporation, Allegro Distributed Labels, Allegro Distributed Lines, Ambassador Records, Asl Living Era, Avid Records, Bci Music, Bellaphon/delos, Big City Records, Big Eye Music

History:

Louis Armstrong was the first important soloist to emerge in jazz, and he became the most influential musician in the music's history. As a trumpet virtuoso, his playing, beginning with the 1920s studio recordings made with his Hot Five and Hot Seven ensembles, charted a future for jazz in highly imaginative, emotionally charged improvisation. For this, he is revered by jazz fans. But Armstrong also became an enduring figure in popular music, due to his distinctively phrased bass singing and ...more

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